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Sydney · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1934

4,506 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 226

Mt. Isa Miners. Re-employment Ordered by Court. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 16

The Full Bench of the Industrial Court was to-day asked to decide whether John Henry Warnock and other members of the Australian Woikers' Union had been victimised by…

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General Cable News. Price of Gold. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 16

The price of gold to day was £6/16/7 an ounce fine compared with £6/17/1 yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. The United States dollar was quoted to-day…

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Mount Lyell Mine May Be Closed Through Lack of Water. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 16

The Chief Secretary (Mr. C. E. James) conferred with the general manager of the Mount Lyell mine about the possibility of the works closing through shortage of water. He was…

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United States. Experimental Gold Policy. Nine Months for Observation. Washington, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 15

In testimony to-day before the House of Representatives Committee which is considering legislation to create a Federal monetary authority, something in the nature of a central…

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Will State's Golden Age Return? Mining's Part in Development of Victoria Gave Great Impetus to Secondary Industries Rush of Population in the Fifties

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 March 1934 · page 35

IN the infant days of Victoria there was a dearth of population, and an acute shortage of workers, both male and female, in every branch of the young…

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Long Time Finding Gold at Wyalong Dog Couldn't Bark In Thick Mallee Old Memories Revived by Back-home Move Stumbled on Fortune While Shooting Kangaroos

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1934 · page 12

FROM March 7 to 14 Wyalong people are inviting former residents back to help those who remained, or have since arrived, to celebrate the discovery and proclamation of the gold field 40 years ago, on what was then a Mallee scrub so…

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"Gold Diggers."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 6

Yes, "Gold Diggers"! And brand new, too! On Saturday next you will delight at the glorious song hits. "My Forgotten Man," "Petting in the Park," "Shadow…

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Molyneux Gold Dredging

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 11

Molyneux Gold Dredging Co., New Zealand, is issuing 1,250,000 shares of 2/ each, our London correspondent cables. The issue has been underwritten…

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Price of Gold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 11

Gold was quoted in London on Saturday at £6/16/10½ per ounce fine, our correspondent cables, up /3½ on the day…

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Mining the Share Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 11

Trading in the mining share market on Saturday was dispirited Gold shares were again quiet, and inclined to be weaker. Bismarck, contributing, made a small advance,…

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Reviving the Coal Industry Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 6

THE first section of Mr. Baddeley's coal rehabilitation scheme. based on the production of oil and other by-products…

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Gains Gold a Surprise British Figures London

The Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

OFFICIAL records suprisingly support the suspicion that gold imports to Britain exceed by £52,000,000 shipments from…

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Mine Idle; Slack Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 9

CESSNOCK, Monday.--Owing to slackness of trade, Aberdare Extended Colliery was idle to-day, and is not likely to resume this week…

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Price of Gold

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--The price of gold to-day was £61610 an ounce fine. The dollar was 5.07½, and the franc 77½…

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New Lucknow Gold

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 4

The mine manager of New Lucknow Gold Mining Co., N.L., reports that all work has been concentrated on north-east drive, which has been driven a further 12 feet…

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Tullamore Gold Call

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 5

A call of 6d a share has been made by Tullamore Gold Development. N.L., on all contributing shares in the company, payable on March 14. With the call now…

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Gold Price Higher Premium

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 4

For gold lodged at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Mint during last week, the Commonwealth Bank fixed the price at £7 14s 10d per oz…

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Bulolo Gold Scrip Advances

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 13

A wide variety of gold mining issues, established as well as more speculative concerns, was dealt in Bulolo Gold Dredging shares were keenly sought at an advanced…

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Coal Lorry Collides with Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 12

The contents of this coal lorry were strewn across the lines when the vehicle came into collision with a tram in Botany-road, Botany, yesterday…

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Gold Options in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 14

Cracow Gold, N.L., Gold Dredging Option, N.L., Gold Holdings, N.L., and Roma Blocks Co., N.L., have combined to provide funds for testing a gold dredging area…

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